The ZCE Team
John Zaring
Charles Vignola
Bianca Cioffi
John has produced multiple live and televised sporting and special events and three indie films — Men of Respect and Nervous Ticks were both released by Columbia, while the romcom Pursuit of Happiness, which he also wrote, was distributed by the Martindale Group — along with the ABC telefilm Picture Perfect.
Bianca Cioffi
Charles Vignola
Bianca Cioffi
Bianca oversees development of ZCE’s project slate, and co-wrote with Zaring the romcom So, Is This Love?, and The Carnival Princess, a coming-of-age series loosely based on her upbringing in an Italian American carnival-family in 1970's Rhode Island. A veteran of more than thirty film and TV projects over three-decades in Hollywood, Cioffi has served in creative, production and executive roles.
Charles Vignola
Charles Vignola
Van Scott Folger
Charles joined ZCE in 2024 after spending 32 years shepherding some of the biggest blockbusters of all time through development for Jerry Bruckheimer Films, including the smash sequel Top Gun: Maverick, the Pirates of the Caribbean series, the National Treasure films, the three Bad Boys films and the recent Beverly Hills Cop IV. Other hit
Charles joined ZCE in 2024 after spending 32 years shepherding some of the biggest blockbusters of all time through development for Jerry Bruckheimer Films, including the smash sequel Top Gun: Maverick, the Pirates of the Caribbean series, the National Treasure films, the three Bad Boys films and the recent Beverly Hills Cop IV. Other hits under Charlie include Armageddon, Remember The Titans, Coyote Ugly, Pearl Harbor and Black Hawk Down.
Van Scott Folger
Van Scott Folger
Van Scott Folger
Head of Production Van Scott Folger has overseen the physical production of more than twenty films and television projects. His credits include The Unbreakable Boy, Accidental Texan, American Underdog, The Iron Orchard, Frank & Penelope, 12 Mighty Orphans, The Shift, and Dotty & Soul. Van recently completed production of the film The Other Side of the Window.
Jess James
Van Scott Folger
Jess James
With over ten years of experience in film and television production, Jess has worked across just about every corner of the industry — from scripted series like Westworld and Grown-ish, to large-scale live events like The Grammy Awards and Primetime Emmy Awards, to America’s Got Talent and American Idol.
Editor’s note: While this photo is super cute, it would be a mistake to underestimate Jess!